Leonardo Investors Narrowly Back Meloni Board List After CEO Row
Workers assemble a Leonardo AW139 helicopter at the Leonardo SpA plant in Varese.
Photographer: Giuliano Berti/BloombergLeonardo SpA shareholders narrowly approved the Italian government’s board nominees, who overcame an unusually high level of opposition triggered by Rome’s decision to oust the chief executive officer.
The list put forward by the government of Giorgia Meloni garnered 50.1% of the votes, edging out an alternative slate presented by investors lobby Assogestioni, which won 49.5% backing, the company said in a statement.